#Pens coach Bylsma said Martin played with a "significant injury" the past few games. Others had bumps and bruises.

Sid's offseason, new teeth tomorrow.

Also a fairly newsworthy item~ GM Shero has not yet met with Coach Blysma.

IMO, Martin is so much tougher than many fans believe.

He's a stud.

I honestly doubt RS will buy him out. At least, I'll be ticked off if he does. We can't have all kids manning the blue line next year.

I personally don't think the Pens are in a position to buy out $5 million contracts.

But I agree with you. We have a ton of defense prospects but its going to be 2 years before most or some are even rookies and even then we probably don't want to run with more than a couple of them at once.

Add in Despres and Letangs problems in the defensive zone I don't see how we can get rid of Martin.

I watched some of the other series and then the Pens series and agree 100% with those complaining about the clutching and grabbing, hooking, etc... It REALLY F ING SUCKS! A bunch of grinding, slow speed, blocking, choppy, hope for a good bounce, hockey. YUCK! I really think the league needs to keep the playoffs like the regular season play and it will be more exciting. Some of the closeness of games has kept the playoffs interesting, but the Kings vs Sharks series while close, was tough to watch.